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- Title
Acute Profound Thrombocytopenia Associated with Readministration of Eptifibatide: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Russell, Kimberly N.; Schnabel, Joseph G.; Rochetto, Richard P.; Tanner, Matthew C.
- Abstract
The glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes and during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Case reports of acute profound thrombocytopenia have been reported with eptifibatide, yet the true incidence of this reaction is unknown. We describe a 50-year-old woman with severe coronary artery disease who developed acute profound thrombocytopenia after readministration of eptifibatide. Eptifibatide was administered through hospital day 3, when it was discontinued in preparation for coronary angiography and PCI; the drug was restarted on day 5. On hospital day 6, she was noted to have a platelet count below 5 x 103/mm,³ indicating a profound decrease from a baseline of 456 x 10³/mm³ on admission. Eptifibatide, heparin, vancomycin, and clopidogrel were potential causative agents. Anticoagulation and vancomycin were stopped, and her platelet count increased to 30 x 10³/mm³ on day 7. Subsequent reexposure to heparin and vancomycin yielded no adverse effects. The patient's platelet count increased over the remainder of her hospitalization, and she was discharged home on day 19. Based on clinical presentation and negative heparin platelet factor 4 antibody test, eptifibatide was the most likely cause of thrombocytopenia. Use of the Naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale indicated that eptifibatide was the probable cause of thrombocytopenia (score of 5); scores of 1 (possible) or 0 (doubtful) were derived with heparin, vancomycin, and clopidogrel. We conducted a literature search and compiled information from published case reports to describe the pattern of onset and recovery of eptifibatide-induced thrombocytopenia. In all patients receiving eptifibatide, routine platelet counts should be monitored at baseline and within 2-6 hours after starting the drug.
- Subjects
GLYCOPROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DISEASES in older women; CORONARY disease; VANCOMYCIN; PATIENTS
- Publication
Pharmacotherapy, 2009, Vol 29, Issue 7, p867
- ISSN
0277-0008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1592/phco.29.7.867